1) When asked to "show his mettle" the millwright or stone dresser would show the backs of his hands thus displaying the chips of stone embedded in the skin as a means of proving he works well and hard at his task, and therefore worthy of payment.
 

(2)  Wallace and Gromit operated "Top Bun Bakery" in "A Matter of Loaf and Death".
 

2. What is an "Annular Sail"?  Where will you find one in Hampshire?

3. Fulling mills in Devon are known by another name - do you know what it is?

New Years Day 2010

Over 40 Heritage Buses and Coaches re-create the transport scene of the years gone by in and around Winchester

Free bus services operate all day over a wide network of routes from the Broadway and Bus Station.

For Further details visit the web site www.fokab.org.uk

Why not travel by free Heritage Bus to

Twyford Waterworks.

Hockley Water Mill.

St Cross Hospital-Norman Church, Medieval Buildings, and Gardens.

The Mid Hants Railway at Alresford.